A national dialogue has endorsed constitutional changes in Ethiopia which would merge the roles of prime minister and president into a powerful executive presidency. More than four thousand delegates participated in discussions addressing…

At least 27 people have died after a minibus carrying members of an indigenous African Christian denomination collided head-on with a haulage truck in central Zimbabwe on 28 August. Police said the truck,…

Reports say that more than forty people have been killed and hundreds abducted after gunmen attacked four villages in Nigeria’s Niger state. The assailants, wearing military-style clothing, raided communities in the remote Borgu…

The security situation in Libya remains highly unstable as armed groups compete over human trafficking, illicit drugs and fuel smuggling. The UN envoy Hanna Serwaa Tetteh has told the Security Council that drone…

308 kidnapping victims have been rescued from captivity in Nigeria, including 163 people abducted when suspected jihadists attacked the village of Woro in February, killing at least 165 people. Many of those freed…

A rapidly spreading invasive mosquito is raising fresh concerns about malaria across Africa as health experts warn it could reverse years of progress in controlling the disease. Unlike traditional malaria-carrying mosquitoes, ‘Anopheles stephensi’…

At least 30 people, including eight children, have been killed after armed attackers raided the predominantly Christian village of Naridon in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The overnight assault left homes burned, many people injured,…

Cameroon’s president Paul Biya has been absent from the country for more than six weeks following what was initially described as a brief private visit to Europe, prompting growing public debate about the…

Police have carried out the country’s largest-ever cocaine seizure after raiding a suspected storage facility near Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. Forensic testing has confirmed that the haul, discovered in sealed suitcases and boxes, was…

De Beers has announced a two-year suspension of production at the Venetia mine, South Africa’s largest diamond mine, as the industry struggles with falling demand and declining prices. The mine produces more than…